Self-consistent thermal accretion disk corona models for compact objects. I. Properties of the corona and the spectrum of escaping radiation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 487, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 747-758

  Dove, James B ^a   Wilms, Jörn ^a   Begelman, Mitchell C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Radiative transfer; Stars: coronae

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944451506     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304632     Document Type: Article

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